All About Iphone

I want to get into this issue right now, because a lot of people bashing the iPhone without using it are basing their claims on the speed of the AT&T Edge network. First of all we need to understand that the Edge network is the largest wireless data network in the United States. We also need to understand that it has been undergoing a pretty significant upgrade. We also need to realize that under ideal conditions 3G is not many times faster than Edge, it is a couple of times faster.

All that is irrelevant though, when you factor in how most people will use the iPhone and where they will use the iPhone and in reality the average data thoroughput for the average user will be much higher than any other comparable smartphone. That is Wifi. I don’t know where some of these critics and analysts live, but where I live I have Wifi. So Wifi will always be the order of the day at my house. Now I work at home so that also covers me there. Regardless, I suspect a lot of people will have Wifi access at or near their work. Add in all the other Wifi hotspots that exist, and in some cities where total Wifi is free everywhere, and you have to understand Wifi is the future of portable device communications, not cellular broadband networks. Apple is embracing the future with this, and it will only help to increase the availability of Wifi.

So while those of you who are pining away for 3G and your miniscule battery life, I will be zooming around on Wifi, and for those times when I am in transient or out of a Wifi area, I will use the slightly slower Edge network and not have any problems with it.